DINI / Projekte / eng / carpet
CARPET = Community for Academic Reviewing, Publishing and Editorial Technology
The ongoing virtualization of media and work processes is changing scientific
communication. For many scientists and scholars, their computer is the central hub between
their own (local) research and the national or global research context. As a quality-assured
product of scientific work, publications are processed electronically to a large degree, both in
the preparatory stages of production and in use and distribution. A number of tools are used
here: word processing programs such as MS-Word and Open Office, publishing systems
such as LaTeX and TUSTEP, programs for literature management, graphics or raw data
processing on a larger scale, more complex software systems to support communication and
work organization and many more.
The workshop organized on 23.11.2006 by the DFG entitled “The Development of Generic
Publishing Tools” was the first attempt to look at the relevant developments in Germany and
bring teams of developers together. The workshop showed clearly that there is an urgent
need to examine and assess the various approaches and make them accessible to a broader
public.
The CARPET project aims to support the efficient use of electronic tools and services for
scientific publishing. In view of international developments in this field, the following will be
carried out for Germany initially: